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The Alexandria of Cleopatra Sunday, September 28, 2008, 2 pm
Dr. Jean-Yves Empereur will follow Cleopatra’s footsteps through Alexandria's city streets in his lecture. Together you will stop to admire the architectural masterpieces built by the Ptolemy kings three centuries before her reign, as well as the monuments she built herself, palaces, temples and tombs.
This stroll through the city of Cleopatra will be an homage to Alexandria the Magnificent, a meeting place for the two great civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, with this queen acting as a guide, whose culture, political acumen and charm almost disrupted the fate of the world.
Jean-Yves Empereur Dr. Jean-Yves Empereur is a French archeologist and egyptologist and a Director of Research at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He holds a doctorate in classical literature and archaeology. He spent several years in Greece as Secretary General of the French Archaeological School of Athens. As a specialist in Hellenistic trade he has directed underwater excavations not only in Greece but also in Cyprus as well as Turkey.
In 1990, Dr. Empereur established the Centre d'Etudes Alexandrines whose mandate is the study of the antiquities and history of Alexandria especially through the operation of salvage excavations both within the centre of the city and underwater, such as the work undertaken at the fort of Qaitbay between 1994 and 1998.
Dr. Empereur has published several books and articles dealing with Greek antiquity and most recently with his discoveries in Alexandria. Three documentary films have been produced on the tremendous work he has undertaken on the famous Pharos and the ancient city of Alexandria.
Location:
Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre
Cost:
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